Darfuri IDPs feel tangible benefits from Chinese assistance

from Xinhua News Agency vie ReliefWeb

The Sakali Camp, one of the many camps for those internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan' s western region Darfur, Tuesday witnessed a warm scene as hundreds of women in the camp gathered around visiting Chinese envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin, singing and dancing for him.

Children in the camp, at the outskirts of Nyala, capital of South Darfur State, were also eager to express their feelings. They turned up their thumbs and continued repeating "Ok!" towards the Chinese delegation led by Liu, who flied into the town from the Sudanese capital Khartoum earlier in the day for a one-day visit to Darfur.

Liu, who was just going to leave the camp after a visit, was clearly touched by their sentiment. He waved to them firstly, but as more Darfuri IDPs, women and men, gathered around him, he decided to speak to them and express his own feelings.

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